Buffs Stampede Tide For 47-33 Liberty Bowl Triumph
Colorado overwhelmed Alabama 47-33 in the Liberty Bowl. Bob Anderson rushed 35 times for 254 yards and three touchdowns to earn MVP honors. Alabama’s Scott Hunter injured early, Ned Hayden directed two Tide scores but could not prevent the fourth-quarter collapse. Colorado piled up 473 rushing and 90 passing yards to Alabama’s 155 rushing and 212 passing, sealing a decisive victory.
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Memphis
Tenn
Colorado
Alabama
Liberty
Tuscaloosa
Bob Anderson
Tide
Scott Hunter
Ned Hayden
Buffaloes
Hunter
Jim Bratten
Buff
Ward Walsh
Marv Whitaker
Joph
Johnny Musso
Buddy Seay
Hayden
Buffs
Walsh
Dave Haney
Trio of Local Deaths Mark Weekend Tragedies
A 39 year old Decatur man Nathaniel Jones died from two stab wounds after a Vine Street confrontation. Mrs Samantha Dotson 77 of Moulton perished in an early morning house fire. Pvt Michael Ray Posey 19 of Decatur died after suddenly becoming ill at a Greensboro bus station en route to Quantico. A woman was arrested for investigation in the stabbing. Posey had recent leave from the Marine Corps and attended local churches.
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Decatur
Moulton
North Carolina
Nathaniel Jones
Madison St. NW
Samantha Elizabeth Dotson
Michael Ray Posey
Marvin F. Posey
E. Moulton St
Jones
Vine Street
Vine and
Madison St
Lawrence County
Harvey Elliott
Greensboro
Guilford County
Chapel Hill
N.C
Pvt
Posey
Bombings in Italy Kill 14. Rome and Milan Targeted
Police hunted for foreign links after bombings in Rome and Milan killed 14 and injured about 100. Authorities questioned over 100 people, eyed groups from anarchists to neo Fascists, as rallies and strikes were banned to curb violence. Fear spread as political tensions escalated nationwide.
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Rome
Milan
Greece
Council of Europe
Italy
Action solutions and consumer questions in The Decatur Daily
A reader asks if Presidential Life Insurance Co. of America is licensed in Alabama and the Better Business Bureau cautions about a Bessemer lot scam. The paper notes the license status and advises consulting a lawyer before signing contracts.
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Presidential Life Insurance Co. of America
Philadelphia
Alabama
Daily Reader
Bessemer
Decatur
Better Business Bureau
Birmingham
Saigon In Trouble Says Red Document
AP reports Saigon braces as a top secret Viet Cong document titled Resolution 9 warns South Vietnamese forces face collapse after U S troop withdrawals and outlines two paths for the United States to prolong or end the war including possible renewed bombing or widening the conflict to Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Central Office
South Vietnam
Foreign Office
Vietnam
Nixon Middle East Formula Disclosed
London AP reports secret text shows Nixon plan for Arab Israeli peace requires Israel to withdraw from Egyptian territory within three months of a settlement under international supervision. The document moves toward Soviet demands on borders and negotiation methods, but omits a Big Four control commission.
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London
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Golda Meir
U.S
Russia
William P. Rogers
Egypt
Vietnamization aims Saigon gains and puppet collapse warned
A U S document says Saigon must take a larger combat role as American troops withdraw. It warns puppet forces cannot grow stronger and could collapse suddenly if Viet Cong step up military and political activity. The Viet Cong headquarters for southern Vietnam is likely in Cambodia.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Mekong
Cambodia
Nguyen van Thieu
Battle Near My Lai Kills 53 Vietcong in Five-Hour Fight
American forces reported 53 enemy soldiers killed in a five hour battle near My Lai five miles northeast of Quang Ngai. Three U S troops were wounded. The clash began after a helicopter was fired on, prompting air and artillery support.
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Saigon
My Lai
U. S
U.S
Quang Ngai City
Americal
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Priceville High School
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Parris Island
S.C
Camp Geiger
N. C
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Franco Restivo
Chamber of Deputies
Restivo
Piertro Ingrao
Socialist Party
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Lonnie McDaniel
Decatur Daily
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Marie Fehmer
Andrew J. Chiaredo
Georgetown
Washington
Yeers
Lowe
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